WeWork Co-Founder Adam Neumann’s New Crypto Project Sounds Like A Scam Within A Scam

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PLAYSTATION KEEPS PUSHING INTO TV AND FILM WITH A HORIZON ZERO DAWN NETFLIX SERIES

Sony is continuing to go all in on turning its flagship video games into TV shows and movies — according to Variety, the company announced that it's making a show based on Horizon Zero Dawn with Netflix at an event for investors. Sony is also working on a movie based on the Gran Turismo series, according to Deadline, but hasn't found a distributor for it yet, and could feature Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie) as its director. The Verge

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'MIND-BLOWING' LOST CITY WITH A COSMIC LINK DISCOVERED IN THE AMAZON

The ruins of a vast ancient civilization that has remained hidden under the densely forested landscape of the Bolivian Amazon for centuries has now been mapped out in unprecedented detail by lasers shot from a helicopter, reports a new study. Vice

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HOW TO HACK YOUR WAY THROUGH INFLATION WITH A FEW SIMPLE SWAPS

About 88 percent of Americans say they're concerned about inflation — and rightly so. Data doesn't lie. According to April's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, it's the highest it's been in 40 years. So, your cranky old neighbor who keeps complaining about how much prices have gone up isn't exactly wrong. The thing is, there's not a whole lot you can do about the increasing costs. There are some ways you can hack your habits, however, to help ease the burden. Mashable

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WEWORK CO-FOUNDER ADAM NEUMANN'S NEW CRYPTO PROJECT SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM WITHIN A SCAM

Adam Neumann is back. The co-founder and former CEO of WeWork and subsequent subject of the podcast-turned-TV-series WeCrashed now says he wants to fix climate change — with crypto. Vox

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ANCIENT POMPEII VICTIM'S GENOME SEQUENCED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Scientists have sequenced the genome of an unfortunate man who died on that fateful day in 79 CE when Mount Vesuvius rained hell upon the Roman city of Pompeii. As reported in the journal Scientific Reports, this is the first successfully sequenced genome of a human who died at Pompeii. IFLScience

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